Mouth-organ.



No. 892,672. PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

P. MBSSNER;

MOUTH ORGAN.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 2, 1907.

PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL MESSNER, OF TROSSINGEN, GERMANY.

MOUTH-ORGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '7, 1908.

Application filed January 2, 1907. Serial No. 350,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL MEssNER, a subject of the King ofI/Viirtemberg, and resident of Trossingen, in the Kingdom ofWiirtemberg, German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements inMouth-Organs, of which the following is an exact specification.

My invention has for its object an improvement in mouth organs moreespecially in moutl'i-accordions, which permits the im provement of thesounds produced by such an instrument insuch manner that a strong andpure and agreeable sound of the mouth accordion is obtained. I attainthis purpose by providing the mouth accordion with a hollow body, theshape of which is of no importance for the instrument, but the materialof which the hollow body is made, must be of a specific substance. Thebest I have found "for this purpose is papier-mach or any suitablevegetable fiber.

In order to make my invention more clear, I refer to the accompanyingdrawing, in which by way of an example my improvement is illustrated.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the hollow body to be attached to themouth accordion or the like mouth-organ. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe hollow body, Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line A'-B of Fig. 2,Fig. 4 illustrates the hollow body attached to a mouth accordion incross-section, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation.

a is the hollow body made of apier-mach or also of suitable vegetablehers. I) are end-walls ofa convenient shape and material, for instancemetal-sheet or the like and provided with openings alined with theinterior of the hollow body, 0 is an aperture in the end-wall bpermitting the passage of screws for attaching the end-wall to themouth-accordion.

In the Figs. 4 and 5 the mouth-accordion d is illustrated in combinationwith the hollow body a.

In order to impart a certain attachment of the hollow body to themouth-accordion the shields e have ends bent at right angles up F anddown. When the hollow body is prop erly attached to the mouth-organ, theupper edges f of the hollow body enter below the edges 6 thus forming afineand smooth connection of the organ with the hollow body.

It may be pointed out once more, that the shape of the hollow body is ofa secondary importance for my invention, which chiefly consists in thecombination of a hollow body made of vegetable fibers or papier-machwith the mouth-organ.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. The combination of amouth organ with a hollow body made of vegetable fibers, and end wallsattached to the hollow body and provided with openings communicatingwith the interior of said body, the mouth organ being secured betweensaid end walls and communicating with the interior of said body throughan opening in the side of the latter.

2. The combination of a mouth-organ, a hollow body provided with endwalls having side extension embracing the mouth-organ, the latter beinglocated between the end walls, and means for connecting the mouthorganwith said end walls.

3., The combination of a mouth-organ, a

openings, said body also having a side opening receiving themouth-organ, said endwalls having projections, and means for connectingthe mouth-organ with said projections.

4. The combination of a hollow body having an opening in its side wall,a mouth-organ entering said opening and provided with shields having endportions bent outwardly receiving the edges of the hollow body at itsside opening, and means for connecting the hollow body with the mouthorgan.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

' PAUL MESSNER. Witnesses:

PAUL KOHLER, 1 WM. HAHN.

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